Toy telephone



NOV. 21, 1933. vQ|$|N 1,936,217

TOY TELEPHONE Filed April 27, 1953 Patented Nov. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES I 1,936,217 PATENT OFFICE TOY TELEPHONE Leon J. Voisin, East Hampton, Conn., assignor to The Gong Bell Manufacturing Company, East Hampton, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application April 27, 1933. Serial No. 668,215

Claims.

5 vide a toy of this type made in imitation of a,

telephone whereby each user perfects the connection with the telephones of other parties.

Gne form of a toy telephone embodying my invention and in the construction and usev of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front view of my improved toy telephone. 7

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Figure 3 is a top view.

Figure 4 is a view in central vertical section through a portion of the base of my improved toy telephone.

Figure 5 is a detail view in section on a plane denoted by the dotted line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Figure 6 is a similar view in section on a plane denoted by the dotted line 6--6 of Fig. 4.-

In a type of telephone in common use at'the present timemeans are provided whereby the users of the instruments perfect the connections with other telephones and without the interference of an operator at a central office. Among various means for accomplishing this result is a set of push buttons arranged upon each instrument, a certain number of these buttons in difierent predetermined order being operated to obtain the desired connection.

My improved toy telephone, illustrated and described herein, is made in imitation of a telephone of this type, such toy telephone comprising a base 6, a standard 7 secured to and rising fromthe base and having a bracket 8 secured atits upper end to support a hand'piece 9 of the monophone, or so-called French type, having an ear piece 10 at one end and a transmitter 11 at the opposite end. The base has a fiat portion or table 12 arranged in an inclined position at the front, and a drum 13 rests upon this table. A number'of calling buttons 14, preferably ten in number, are arranged in a circle in openings in the drum near the periphery thereof, these buttons bearing upon the ends thereof characters, such as numbers, to simulate the characters on a regular telephone. These buttons are provided with stems 15 that project through guide openings in the table 12. A supporting post 16 is secured to the table 12 and projects downwardly thereunder, a gong 17 being secured to the lower end of said post. A striker 18 is supported by the post for sliding movement relatively to the gong 1'7, the nose 19 of the striker being adapted to strike the gong. An actuator 20 is slidably mounted on the post and has an actuator plate of the stems of the buttons, and as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

In simulating the use of a regular telephone a number of buttons are pressed down in succession, each time arbutton being pressed, the bell being sounded and this will convey to a youthful mind a condition resembling that of an ordinary telephone, it being immaterial, so far as play is concerned, whether the signals are sounded at the calling station or at the station being called, it being suificient that the sounding of the signal is effected by pushing the buttons.

mitter of a regular telephone, a set of push but-- tons resembling calling devicesof a regular telephone, a signal, an actuator for operating said signal, and an actuator plate secured to the actuator and underlying said push buttons.

3. A toy telephone including a. base associated with parts simulating a receiver and atransmitter of a regular telephone, a set of push buttons resembling calling devices of a regular telephone, a signal bell, a striker therefor, and an operative connection including a single member between said striker and all of said push buttons for operation of the former by the latter.

e 4. A toy telephone including a base, means on said base for supporting a receiver and a transmitter simulating such members of a regular telephone, a set of push buttons resembling calling devices of a regular telephone, a signal, an actuator for operating said signal, and an operative connection including a single member between said actuator and all of said push buttons for operation of the former by the latter.

5. A toy telephone including a base with a table thereon, means for the support by said base of a receiver and a transmitter simulating such members of a regular telephone, a set of push buttons arranged in a circle on said table, an audible signal located within the base, and an operative connection including a single member between said signal and all of said push buttons for operation of the former by the latter,

LEON J. VOISIN.

21 secured at its upper end and underlying all 

